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		<title>Blogging News &amp; Updates Nov 15th &#8211; Succeeding With an E-Commerce Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone thinks of blogging as publishing post after post on a given topic or niche. Take a minute to read of the post below titled: &#8220;Succeeding With an E-Commerce Blog&#8221; It&#8217;s good to think outside the box and blogging as part of an e-commerce site is something very few people talk about. 6 Reasons To [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone thinks of blogging as publishing post after post on a given topic or niche.  
<br /><br />
Take a minute to read of the post below titled: &#8220;Succeeding With an E-Commerce Blog&#8221;
<br /><br />
It&#8217;s good to think outside the box and blogging as part of an e-commerce site is something very few people talk about.
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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/129952560389682383.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="54" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="6 Reasons To Start Blogging" name="B2CMarketingInsider.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/B2CMarketingInsider/~3/KbDa4r9djcE/6-reasons-to-start-blogging-087431" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>6 Reasons To Start Blogging</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Just read this article about why you should blog… Indeed, why would anyone want to start blogging? I had my doubts in the beginning as well..  So why should you blog? Here’s my take on it.<br /> Choose your topic<br /> People blog for different reasons of course. If you would like to take up blogging, think about what you would like to achieve with it&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on B2CMarketingInsider.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/B2CMarketingInsider/~3/KbDa4r9djcE/6-reasons-to-start-blogging-087431" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On B2CMarketingInsider.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="6 Laws Every Blogger Needs to Obey so they Don’t Get Sued" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/6TUfxAoKDYE/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>6 Laws Every Blogger Needs to Obey so they Don’t Get Sued</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics.<br /> If you’re a blogger, do you know how to stay on the right side of the law? Do you know what you need to do to keep the FTC from knocking on your door or to keep from getting a dreaded cease and desist letter?<br /> Fortunately you don’t have to be a lawyer or law scholar to understand the laws that govern blogging, particularly in the U&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/6TUfxAoKDYE/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995252671812056964.png" alt="" width="125" height="125" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Succeeding With an E-Commerce Blog" name="SearchEngineJournal.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEngineJournal/~3/eSogx1nrJVk/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Succeeding With an E-Commerce Blog</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">For a site owner, a blog can be an extremely useful tool for attracting and retaining customers. E-commerce bloggers have a harder job than most, in that they must fuse two very different worlds together seamlessly. The world and culture of blogging tends to be very casual, personal, social, and interactive&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SearchEngineJournal.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEngineJournal/~3/eSogx1nrJVk/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On SearchEngineJournal.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995263601059990504.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="42" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How Guest Blogging Saved my Coupon Business" name="StandOutBlogger.com" href="http://www.standoutblogger.com/link-building/how-guest-blogging-saved-my-coupon-business/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How Guest Blogging Saved my Coupon Business</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">The following a guest post.<br /> When people think of coupons, they think of Groupon which just had a great IPO. However, before there was Groupon, there were a lot of mini-discount sites that people went to on the Internet to try and save a percentage here or there on whatever they were buying.<br /> Unfortunately, the coupon business is not an easy one&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on StandOutBlogger.com »" href="http://www.standoutblogger.com/link-building/how-guest-blogging-saved-my-coupon-business/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On StandOutBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995221991317336583.png" alt="" width="125" height="62" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Why Do Most New Blogs Fail?" name="ImTips.co.uk" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imtips/~3/Kr80tvDVLC0/why-do-most-new-blogs-fail.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Why Do Most New Blogs Fail?</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">I have seen lot of blog fail in front of me and as I talk to the blogger’s I find some of the most common mistakes these bloggers make that leads to nothing but failure. I prefer to phrase it as blog fail and not Blogger fail because it is not the blogger who has failed but it is actually the blog that failed to meet blogger’s expectation&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ImTips.co.uk »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imtips/~3/Kr80tvDVLC0/why-do-most-new-blogs-fail.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On ImTips.co.uk »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Why Great Content Matters So Much" name="DailyBlogTips.com" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/why-great-content-matters-so-much/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Why Great Content Matters So Much</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">As bloggers, we’ve got an awful lot to think about: SEO (search engine optimization), widgets, plugins, stats, design, monetization … oh, and creating content.<br /> It’s easy for content to slip to the end of the list. After all, checking your stats or installing a shiny new plugin often seems more fun than sitting down to write yet another blog post&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/why-great-content-matters-so-much/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299700491135262377.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="The Amish Guide to Intelligent Web Design" name="CopyBlogger.com" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/28064004/0/copyblogger~The-Amish-Guide-to-Intelligent-Web-Design" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>The Amish Guide to Intelligent Web Design</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Less than an hour from where I live in Pennsylvania — if you point your car in the right direction — you see road signs that warn you to beware of horse and buggy carriages using the road.<br /> The Amish people live a life very different from yours and mine.<br /> For the most part they don’t use electricity&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/28064004/0/copyblogger~The-Amish-Guide-to-Intelligent-Web-Design" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What Is Blogging &#8211; Well It Depends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet hasn&#8217;t been around all that long, but it has quickly become a part of our daily lives. Even if we don&#8217;t go online every day, you can bet that the people and businesses we deal with do go online every day. But regardless of who is going online or why, it all comes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The internet hasn&#8217;t been around all that long, but it has quickly become a part of our daily lives. Even if we don&#8217;t go online every day, you can bet that the people and businesses we deal with do go online every day. But regardless of who is going online or why, it all comes down to one thing: communication. One of the most popular forms of this is the blog. But what is blogging? That&#8217;s a straightforward question, so let&#8217;s take a look at the answer. 
<br /><br />
The word &#8216;blog&#8217; derives it name from a combination of the words &#8216;web log&#8217;. When they first started, that&#8217;s exactly what they were. Most people would use them as a form of an online journal of their daily lives, and many of them would only share their blogs with family and friends. Then came what are commonly called mommy blogs. These were blogs typically started by stay at home moms to communicate with other moms, but they also added some elements of making money to their blogs. Next were the flat-out money making blogs which tend to be more contrived; with each post being designed to maximize the revenue of the blog.
<br /><br />
So, when someone asks &#8220;what is blogging?&#8221;, the best answer is &#8220;it depends&#8221;. That&#8217;s because each type of blog requires a different approach. However, there are several similarities between all blogs. Updating your blog on a regular basis, making it look good, and driving traffic to it are a few of the things most blogs have in common.
<br /><br />
One of the best things about blogs is that you can start blogging for free. The WordPress and Blogger platforms are just two of the services that allow you to easily set up a blog and to do so for no cost at all. However, you will have to host your blog on their servers, and your domain name will contain &#8220;blogger&#8221; or &#8220;wordpress&#8221; as part of it. If you have a blog that&#8217;s meant for family and friends, then this should be okay. However, if you plan on making money with your blog, then you need to buy your own domain name and hosting. 
<br /><br />
To get started, figure out what you want your blog to be about. Once that&#8217;s done, you can think of a name for your blog. The next step is to go to whichever blogging site you want to try (Blogger, WordPress, etc.) and sign up for an account. If someone else already has used the same name for their blog (when using the free option), you will have to come up with a different name. 
<br /><br />
Now you&#8217;re ready to start posting to your blog. This is usually done by logging into your blogging account and then clicking on &#8220;new post&#8221;. Write your post, then click &#8220;submit&#8221;. There you go! You have just made your first post. Now if some asks you what is blogging, you can say it&#8217;s an easy way to have your own site online.
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		<title>Blogging Updates Oct 4th &#8211; What You Can Take From Your Blog’s Worst Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love these Blogging Roundups because I like blogging. OK, I like WordPress more than Blogging but it all fits together right? I want to call your attention to the post &#8220;What You Can Take From Your Blog’s Worst Day&#8221;. I really enjoyed this and I know you will as well. We are all looking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love these Blogging Roundups because I like blogging.  OK, I like WordPress more than Blogging but it all fits together right?  
<br />
<br />
I want to call your attention to the post &#8220;What You Can Take From Your Blog’s Worst Day&#8221;.  I really enjoyed this and I know you will as well.  
<br />
<br />
We are all looking for ways to grow our traffic -to a blog or a website &#8211; and this is a good take on what you can take from days that don&#8217;t go so well.
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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995208881552006287.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="52" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Does Google Really Know What’s Best for Your Blog?" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/09/26/does-google-really-know-what%E2%80%99s-best-for-your-blog/" rel="follow" rev="BlogHerald.com" target="_blank">Does Google Really Know What’s Best for Your Blog?</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736151-1991979122.jpg" alt="Does Google Really Know What’s Best for Your Blog?" width="240" height="182" />Some blog owners will read Google’s guidelines and take anything the company says as the rule of the internet.  And while many of the policies Google sets forth are good practices for any website, does it mean that we really have to follow every little thing the search engine company says we should do&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on BlogHerald.com »" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/09/26/does-google-really-know-what%E2%80%99s-best-for-your-blog/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On BlogHerald.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Website Optimization: Landing page test leads to 548% increase in conversion" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MktgExperimentsBlog/~3/23Ut64HwyE0/website-optimization-landing-page-test-leads-to-548-increase-in-conversion.html" rel="follow" rev="MarketingExperimentsBlog.com" target="_blank">Website Optimization: Landing page test leads to 548% increase in conversion</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736178-566055333.png" alt="Website Optimization: Landing page test leads to 548% increase in conversion" width="400" height="325" />Toward the end of last year, Active Network, a technology and media company specializing in online registration and event management software, began a testing and optimization program on the website of one of its brands, RegOnline.</div><div class="bb-post-content"><br /> This week’s MarketingSherpa B2B newsletter article is a look at that entire program, but for this blog post I want to highlight an interesting test conducted in the middle of the cycle&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on MarketingExperimentsBlog.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MktgExperimentsBlog/~3/23Ut64HwyE0/website-optimization-landing-page-test-leads-to-548-increase-in-conversion.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On MarketingExperimentsBlog.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Blogging Pro Job Board Highlights (September 26-30)" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/c5jZP0ljRog/" rel="follow" rev="BloggingPro.com" target="_blank">Blogging Pro Job Board Highlights (September 26-30)</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736240-935261539.png" alt="Blogging Pro Job Board Highlights (September 26-30)" width="150" height="150" />Can you believe it’s the end of the month already? Time really does seem to fly by so much faster these days! How has your job search been going?<br /> I apologize for the dearth of job listings in the past week, as I have been away for a while. We still have a handful of jobs for you, though, so let’s take a look at them now&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/c5jZP0ljRog/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="What You Can Take From Your Blog’s Worst Day" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/aywfc1nD4Gw/" rel="follow" rev="ProBlogger.com" target="_blank">What You Can Take From Your Blog’s Worst Day</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">The fateful day started with a morning that marked a month since the launch of my new blog. A blog that had ten posts and few visits per day.<br /> On that morning I woke up and went on to sit in front of my laptop. This is my usual routine. I check all the updates, reply to comments (if there are any), and so on&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/aywfc1nD4Gw/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Dynamic Views: seven new ways to share your blog with the world" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/9NlMb9H6XhM/dynamic-views-seven-new-ways-to-share.html" rel="follow" rev="GoogleBlog.BlogSpot.com" target="_blank">Dynamic Views: seven new ways to share your blog with the world</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">As we said a few weeks ago when we launched a completely rebuilt, streamlined authoring and editing experience, we’re in the process of bringing you a much improved and modernized Blogger. The next phase of these updates starts today with seven new ways to display your blog, called Dynamic Views.<p>Built with the latest in web technology (AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3), Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that will inspire your readers to explore your blog in new ways&#8230;</p></div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on GoogleBlog.BlogSpot.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/9NlMb9H6XhM/dynamic-views-seven-new-ways-to-share.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On GoogleBlog.BlogSpot.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="How to Choose What to Blog About" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/sz5zxZUkKTw/" rel="follow" rev="BloggingPro.com" target="_blank">How to Choose What to Blog About</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736241-1469664062.jpg" alt="How to Choose What to Blog About" width="192" height="250" />It’s probably the first question every blogger has to ask themselves. It comes before writing the first post, choosing the theme or even selecting your blogging platform: What is my blog going to be about?<br /> It’s a tough question and how you answer it will have a big impact on what your site is going to be&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/sz5zxZUkKTw/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995209541292832315.png" alt="" width="125" height="47" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="33 APIs Used in 7 Days: Twitter, Twilio and WordPress.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/2pJzW-vkNY4/" rel="follow" rev="ProgrammableWeb.com" target="_blank">33 APIs Used in 7 Days: Twitter, Twilio and WordPress.com</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736169-1811748742.png" alt="33 APIs Used in 7 Days: Twitter, Twilio and WordPress.com" width="137" height="54" /> This past week 26 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 33 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Framey, I Heart Quotes, iFixit, Shopify, Thrutu, Travel Booking Engine, Travelport and WordPress.com. The most often used APIs this week are Twilio, Twilio SMS and Twitter&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on ProgrammableWeb.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/2pJzW-vkNY4/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On ProgrammableWeb.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="An Ultimate Guide To Get Traffic To Your Blog" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/get-traffic-to-your-blog/" rel="follow" rev="SmartBloggerz.com" target="_blank">An Ultimate Guide To Get Traffic To Your Blog</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1317736237-1474438022.jpg" alt="An Ultimate Guide To Get Traffic To Your Blog" width="400" height="267" />This is a guest post by Devesh from Blokube.com.Getting traffic to any blog is one of the easiest things, all it takes – hard work and patience. Many bloggers build a beautiful website, write lots of high quality content on it but just can’t get traffic to it.I’ve been blogging from almost 2 years now and as a blogger, traffic is an essential ingredient to your success, it is what can makes your blog successful&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/get-traffic-to-your-blog/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="3 Timeless Blogging Lessons" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/3-timeless-blogging-lessons/" rel="follow" rev="DailyBlogTips.com" target="_blank">3 Timeless Blogging Lessons</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Subhorup. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.<br /> I had not considered blogging as anything more than personal journal-keeping till a few months back, a place to record one’s thoughts and feeling, and document my life as it unfolds. 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		<title>Blaze Past Your Competition with The New Click Heat Dynamo WordPress Plugin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you were born in a cave, if you’re an online marketer, you know how competitive it can be out there. All of a sudden, everybody is trying to do it, good or bad, newbies to the experienced. So how are you going to be the one that makes serious cash with all your efforts? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unless you were born in a cave, if you’re an online marketer, you know how competitive it can be out there. All of a sudden, everybody is trying to do it, good or bad, newbies to the experienced. So how are you going to be the one that makes serious cash with all your efforts? You need to know what your potential clients want. In order to do that, you need to efficiently track the most often visited pages on your website/blog.</p><p>After you have established your online presence, and start to get traffic flowing through it, you will need to start curbing your business to fit what those visitors want. It can be difficult to tell what your prospects as interested in, and searching for, because you don’t get to converse with them, asking how you can help or even to seal the deal. Luckily, with the <a href="http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com">Click Heat Dynamo Plugin</a> ( <a href="http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com">http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com </a>) for WordPress you’ll have a much better idea. This Plugin lets you know exactly where your clients are clicking and what links and areas are getting the most attention from your visitors. You can even jazz up the pages they’re not clicking on to see if you can change their responses. Sometimes just a little tweaking is all it takes to up your conversion rate.</p><p>It’s always been fairly easy to track the number of people visiting a website, but it can be difficult to harness that information into something tangible, that can be used to make your online business more appealing to prospective clients. Knowing the area’s of your website that are the most interesting to your visitors can start a online dialogue, which will act as a catalyst to changes that can maximize your profit.</p><p>Other programs that offer similar services can cost thousands of dollars a year, but not this one. Not only is the Click Heat Dynamo Plugin simple to use and code free, it normally retails for just $127 a year which is unbelievable for what it delivers. Even better, if you act fast, there is a limited time offer allowing you to get the premium service packages for $97 a year. You also get 1 full year of upgrades for free. It’s important to act now and maximize your profits by using <a href="http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com">Click Heat Dynamo</a> today! ( <a href="http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com">http://www.ClickHeatDynamo.com</a> )</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blogging News &amp; Updates Sep 20th &#8211; Seth Godin on Blogging &#8211; Business Books &#8211; Creating Content that Matters</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not know this but this site runs on WordPress and acts much like a blog. Well this update is about Blogging and includes way more than just what &#8220;Bloggers&#8221; could use. More and more people are using Blogs as their publishing platform (like me) and below you&#8217;ll find a number of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You may or may not know this but this site runs on WordPress and acts much like a blog.  Well this update is about Blogging and includes way more than just what &#8220;Bloggers&#8221; could use.  More and more people are using Blogs as their publishing platform (like me) and below you&#8217;ll find a number of good ways to improve the performance of your blog/website.  
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Make sure you check out the post &#8220;Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters&#8221;.  Seth is one blogger that most people listen to for tips and other ways to improve their online business.
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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299526691835849795.png" alt="" width="125" height="43" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="How to Get Started with a Blog" href="http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/how-to-get-started-with-a-blog" rel="follow" rev="Volusion.com" target="_blank">How to Get Started with a Blog</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Blogging is a great way to educate customers, answer questions and give advice. Check out today’s episode to see how you can start and maintain a great blog!</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on Volusion.com »" href="http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/how-to-get-started-with-a-blog" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On Volusion.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Your Blog Needs A Starting Point" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/your-blog-needs-a-starting-point/" rel="follow" rev="DailyBlogTips.com" target="_blank">Your Blog Needs A Starting Point</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Jennifer Brown Banks. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.<br /> Am I one of the only few Bloggers that realizes that almost every blog should have a starting point?<br /> When I implemented a starting point within my blog, my email sign ups went from 1 to 2 a week, to 3 to 5 sign ups a day&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/your-blog-needs-a-starting-point/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Getting Traffic To Your Blog – How To Make Your Blog Popular" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/getting-traffic-blog-popular/" rel="follow" rev="SmartBloggerz.com" target="_blank">Getting Traffic To Your Blog – How To Make Your Blog Popular</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1316525147-1774237075.jpg" alt="Getting Traffic To Your Blog – How To Make Your Blog Popular" width="400" height="279" />This is a guest post by Fazal Mayar from Richer Or NotBlogging is one of the best ways to make money online. The problem most people face is getting traffic to your blog and making money out of that traffic. Almost everyone knows what a blog is but very few people know how to make most out their blogs&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/getting-traffic-blog-popular/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995257791360629213.gif" alt="" width="125" height="63" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="15 True Tips That Make You A Better Blogger Today" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEnginePeople/~3/mdfK0er_al0/15-tips-better-writer.html" rel="follow" rev="SearchEnginePeople.com" target="_blank">15 True Tips That Make You A Better Blogger Today</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1316525111-862597250.jpg" alt="15 True Tips That Make You A Better Blogger Today" width="400" height="149" />Easy to implement — fun to try. Best of all, you might even learn a thing or two.<br /> Call it a form of communication, an outlet for creativity or a burden, but there&#8217;s no contesting the fact that the written word is a powerful way to express your thoughts and influence others. Whether you&#8217;re writing the next great American novel or a popular SEO blog, you can always benefit by looking for new ways to improve your writing&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on SearchEnginePeople.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEnginePeople/~3/mdfK0er_al0/15-tips-better-writer.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On SearchEnginePeople.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299525728388327743.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27130709/0/copyblogger~Seth-Godin-on-Blogging-Business-Books-and-Creating-Content-that-Matters" rel="follow" rev="CopyBlogger.com" target="_blank">Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">The man.<br /> The myth.<br /> The legend.<br /> All hyperbole aside, season two of the Internet Marketing for Smart People radio show kicks off with author, entrepreneur, and prolific blogger Seth Godin.<br /> A lot has changed since Seth pioneered effective email marketing in the mid 90s. And he set the standard for many of us when he switched to blogging over a decade ago&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27130709/0/copyblogger~Seth-Godin-on-Blogging-Business-Books-and-Creating-Content-that-Matters" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995257791360629213.gif" alt="" width="125" height="63" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Should My Blog Go On A Subdomain Or The Main Domain?" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEnginePeople/~3/Lr-o8akxktA/blog-domain-subdomain.html" rel="follow" rev="SearchEnginePeople.com" target="_blank">Should My Blog Go On A Subdomain Or The Main Domain?</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1316525113-1744827605.jpg" alt="Should My Blog Go On A Subdomain Or The Main Domain?" width="400" height="266" /><br /> What&#8217;s the difference between a blog on a subdomain and having your blog on your main domain.<br /> Your Blog On A Subdomain<br /> Example: http://blog.example.com<br /> Subdomains count as unique URLs, to an extent, with the search engines.  [Ed.: Google recently announced it will report subdomain links as internal links of the main domain; it is unclear at this point whether Google will apply this treatment to its algorithms as well] When you launch a subdomain you have to build up it&#8217;s authority, PR and everything else pretty much from scratch&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on SearchEnginePeople.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEnginePeople/~3/Lr-o8akxktA/blog-domain-subdomain.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On SearchEnginePeople.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Run an Awesome Blog Contest in 5 Steps" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/YTbXbEC2_sI/" rel="follow" rev="ProBlogger.com" target="_blank">Run an Awesome Blog Contest in 5 Steps</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This guest post is by Kiera Pedley of Binkd.<br /> Running a contest on your blog can be a great way to generate new readership, reactivate stagnant subscribers, and increase the engagement of your readers.<br /> Competitions can be a lot of hard work for little or no results, unless you run them to a plan and have a clear objective in mind&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/YTbXbEC2_sI/" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299526025178352957.png" alt="" width="125" height="41" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="Do You Have What It Takes to Be a War Time Blogger?" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/Hgifp0vpaWU/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-war-time-blogger" rel="follow" rev="PushingSocial.com" target="_blank">Do You Have What It Takes to Be a War Time Blogger?</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">TOM HAGEN Mike, why am I out? MICHAEL CORLEONE You’re not a wartime consigliere. Things may get tough with the move we’re trying. —Scene from The Godfather Thanks @bhorowitz for inspiring this post. White-hot impatience is the key to propelling your blog to the head of the pack. Just like Dale Earnhardt Jr&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb-readmore" title="Continue reading on PushingSocial.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/Hgifp0vpaWU/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-war-time-blogger" rel="follow" target="_blank"><strong>Continue Reading On PushingSocial.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb-itemtitle"><a title="How Tumblr Helped Put My Site on Top" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/bOfAGEFcpxo/" rel="follow" rev="ProBlogger.com" target="_blank">How Tumblr Helped Put My Site on Top</a></h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1316525139-1345293689.jpg" alt="How Tumblr Helped Put My Site on Top" width="166" height="250" />This guest post is by Ryan Shell of Fashables.<br /> I won’t even begin to act like I’m some sort of SEO ninja, because I’m not. 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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Roundup is about Blogging. Everyone is doing it&#8230;right? In today&#8217;s Collection you&#8217;ll find several posts about how to make more money from your blog and a few other tips from big blogs but I would like to point you in the direction of two posts. In the past I have pointed you to just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Roundup is about Blogging.  Everyone is doing it&#8230;right?  In today&#8217;s Collection you&#8217;ll find several posts about how to make more money from your blog and a few other tips from big blogs but I would like to point you in the direction of two posts.
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In the past I have pointed you to just one but there are two posts in today&#8217;s group.
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First check out the post: &#8220;Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)&#8221;
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Then I want to make sure you see the post: &#8220;8 Lessons Learned Growing a Site to One Million Monthly Page Views&#8221;
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Do you blog?  Drop me a note and tell me what you have learned about building a blog.
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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299525728388327743.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How to Get Your Blog the Traffic it Deserves (Check out the Sweet Trailer)" name="CopyBlogger.com" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27076482/0/copyblogger~How-to-Get-Your-Blog-the-Traffic-it-Deserves-Check-out-the-Sweet-Trailer" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How to Get Your Blog the Traffic it Deserves (Check out the Sweet Trailer)</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Well, it was bound to happen one day.<br /> After three wonderful years of writing almost exclusively for Copyblogger, I’m finally branching off and launching my own blog.<br /> But not for the reasons you might think.<br /> It’s not because Brian Clark has finally put his foot down and refused to meet my extravagant demands&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27076482/0/copyblogger~How-to-Get-Your-Blog-the-Traffic-it-Deserves-Check-out-the-Sweet-Trailer" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Ways to Get More Exposure for Your Blog" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/UJTk0DTu5BA/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>5 Ways to Get More Exposure for Your Blog</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333295-1682440708.jpg" alt="5 Ways to Get More Exposure for Your Blog" width="225" height="175" />After some careful consideration and meditation, you’ve decided to join the bandwagon of thousands and launch your blog. You’ve taken the time to come up with a catchy name, figured out your focus, and even picked a design that feels as fierce as your personality! Congratulations.<br /> Now, there’s just one problem confronting you—one that befuddles many bloggers&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/UJTk0DTu5BA/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="What’s Your Blog Worth? How to Value Web Properties" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/D5pE3U3GAnM/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>What’s Your Blog Worth? How to Value Web Properties</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333286-1467897052.jpg" alt="What’s Your Blog Worth? How to Value Web Properties" width="400" height="264" />This guest post is by Sunil of Extra Money Blog.<br /> I have sold an ecommerce website for $250,000 and several other niche websites for a five-figure price tag. I want to share with you one valuation method you can use to put a price on your web property today.<br /> Whether a website owner or a blogger starts with the initial goal of selling their site one day, it is my belief that every successful blog owner has at some point thought about the potential of selling their web property&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/D5pE3U3GAnM/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="SEO… PO = People Optimized Content" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/people-optimized-content/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>SEO… PO = People Optimized Content</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333290-1420035345.jpg" alt="SEO… PO = People Optimized Content" width="400" height="209" />This is a guest post by Ben Jackson from SEO Discovery.Once upon a time is a terribly cliché way to begin an article.Having a keyword density of 5% is a good way to let your readers know you care more about search engines.Talking with boring technical terms is a good way to say “click the back button”&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/people-optimized-content/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995208881552006287.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="52" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Blogger Finally Gets Design Improvements, Better Editing System" name="BlogHerald.com" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/08/31/blogger-finally-gets-design-improvements-better-editing-system/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Blogger Finally Gets Design Improvements, Better Editing System</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333176-928671930.png" alt="Blogger Finally Gets Design Improvements, Better Editing System" width="400" height="166" /><br /> Google on Wednesday revealed massive changes to their Blogger system, including a new design and a much improved editing system. The announcement marks the first time in years that the company has released a major update to their blogging system.<br /> Users willing to try out the new system should receive a pop-up announcement starting today when they log into their blogger accounts&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BlogHerald.com »" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/08/31/blogger-finally-gets-design-improvements-better-editing-system/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On BlogHerald.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995252671812056964.png" alt="" width="125" height="125" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)" name="SearchEngineJournal.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEngineJournal/~3/QR2q7ZBiVMg/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333213-1615354190.png" alt="Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)" width="400" height="372" />Over a year ago, I wrote a post on blog post graphic resources, with most of my focus set on image generators. Since then, several new tools have been introduced that make it even easier for bloggers to create custom images to enhance their posts.<br /> Why Make Your Own Graphics?<br /> Blog posts are a package deal; exceptional writing can be hampered by boring or cliché pictures or videos, formatting, design, and accessibility&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SearchEngineJournal.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEngineJournal/~3/QR2q7ZBiVMg/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On SearchEngineJournal.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299525728388327743.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="23 Reasons Your Blog Isn’t Making Any Money (And What To Do About It!)" name="CopyBlogger.com" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26951984/0/copyblogger~Reasons-Your-Blog-Isn%E2%80%99t-Making-Any-Money-And-What-To-Do-About-It" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>23 Reasons Your Blog Isn’t Making Any Money (And What To Do About It!)</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Sure, you want comments.<br /> And subscribers, and shares, and likes.<br /> But you don’t really care about any of these things. You want what they will eventually lead to …<br /> Money.<br /> Yes, traffic is good, and so is reader engagement. But if you’re reading this, chances are you’re running a blog with the intention of marketing a business and making some money&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26951984/0/copyblogger~Reasons-Your-Blog-Isn%E2%80%99t-Making-Any-Money-And-What-To-Do-About-It" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="12 Steps to Launch a Successful Blog" name="DailyBlogTips.com" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/steps-to-successful-blog/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>12 Steps to Launch a Successful Blog</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Ilias Chelidonis. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.<br /> I decided to launch my first blog back in February 2011, I was all excited and ready for being able to share my knowledge and experience with the world. Although, in the beginning traffic was very low, after having a specific plan in place and knowing the subject I was blogging about very well, managed to reach 4000 unique visitors last month&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/steps-to-successful-blog/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299526025178352957.png" alt="" width="125" height="41" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Is There a Secret Formula for Writing Great Blog Content?" name="PushingSocial.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/3lE6Xkd9gvE/is-there-a-secret-formula-to-writing-great-blog-content" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Is There a Secret Formula for Writing Great Blog Content?</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333267-1738904276.jpg" alt="Is There a Secret Formula for Writing Great Blog Content?" width="300" height="230" />Is there a formula for writing a great blog post every time?<br /> Some doubt that a magic formula exists. I disagree.<br /> I know it’s out there. In fact, I can feel in my bones when I’ve written a zinger. I bet you can too. Better yet, I’m 90% accurate in predicting when another blogger’s post will go viral&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on PushingSocial.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/3lE6Xkd9gvE/is-there-a-secret-formula-to-writing-great-blog-content" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On PushingSocial.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Why Most Bloggers Don’t Make That Much Money" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/08/why-most-bloggers-dont-make-that-much-money/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Why Most Bloggers Don’t Make That Much Money</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Melvin Dichoso from MelvinBlog.comThis is my 5th year now in blogging and my 3rd since starting my flagship blog MelvinBlog.com.I am very happy to say that I’m making money from blogging but even up until now I still view it as a dream-come true kind of thing.It was just a realization a long time ago and I never really thought it’d be possible&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/08/why-most-bloggers-dont-make-that-much-money/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299700491135262377.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How to Get Your Blog the Traffic it Deserves (Check out the Sweet Trailer)" name="CopyBlogger.com" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27076482/0/copyblogger~How-to-Get-Your-Blog-the-Traffic-it-Deserves-Check-out-the-Sweet-Trailer" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How to Get Your Blog the Traffic it Deserves (Check out the Sweet Trailer)</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Well, it was bound to happen one day.<br /> After three wonderful years of writing almost exclusively for Copyblogger, I’m finally branching off and launching my own blog.<br /> But not for the reasons you might think.<br /> It’s not because Brian Clark has finally put his foot down and refused to meet my extravagant demands&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27076482/0/copyblogger~How-to-Get-Your-Blog-the-Traffic-it-Deserves-Check-out-the-Sweet-Trailer" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="8 Lessons Learned Growing a Site to One Million Monthly Page Views" name="DailyBlogTips.com" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/8-lessons-learned-growing-a-site-to-one-million-monthly-page-views/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>8 Lessons Learned Growing a Site to One Million Monthly Page Views</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">Some time ago one of my sites crossed the one million monthly page views mark. The screenshot from Google Analytics for the month of August is below.<p>While I know there are thousands of other websites out there with much higher traffic, reaching this milestone made me quite happy, as this is a website I built from scratch (i&#8230;</p></div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/8-lessons-learned-growing-a-site-to-one-million-monthly-page-views/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Blogging for Money Only? You’re Screwed!" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/blogging-for-money-only-youre-screwed/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Blogging for Money Only? You’re Screwed!</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1315333290-1583594386.jpg" alt="Blogging for Money Only? You’re Screwed!" width="400" height="196" />This is a guest post by Taylor Thompson who is a blogger and currently writes at 91 Day Challenge. Read in this post, how blogging about something you’re not passionate about can cause your blog to miserably fail. Also, Learn the benefits of blogging about topics you are passionate about.If you’re blogging for a living, there may be a good amount of pressure on you to develop a blog that makes enough money to provide a decent income for you and your family&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/09/blogging-for-money-only-youre-screwed/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div style="border-top: 1px solid #eee;"></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blogging News &#8211; Updates Aug 11th</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to today&#8217;s update. Today I&#8217;m talking &#8220;Blogging&#8221;! Check out the post below called &#8220;The 5 Best Ever Business Models for Blogging&#8221;. I found this one very interesting because so many people blog but don&#8217;t think of their blog in terms of what is the &#8220;Business Model&#8221;. Take a look and tell me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to today&#8217;s update.  Today I&#8217;m talking &#8220;Blogging&#8221;!
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Check out the post below called &#8220;The 5 Best Ever Business Models for Blogging&#8221;.  I found this one very interesting because so many people blog but don&#8217;t think of their blog in terms of what is the &#8220;Business Model&#8221;.
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Take a look and tell me what you think and what is your business model.
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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="15 Indirect Affiliate Marketing Tricks that Work" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/5vs-l9A7z7A/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>15 Indirect Affiliate Marketing Tricks that Work</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This guest post is by Harrison Li of Blog Lectures.<br /> If you have ever bought something online, with no doubt, there have also been times when you rejected buying a certain product. And if you won’t buy it, the seller loses money.<br /> What about when you do buy something? As usual, you check out the item, all excited, and make sure it ships to your place as soon as possible&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/5vs-l9A7z7A/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Consumer Marketing: All that stands between you and Walmart is a good story" name="MarketingExperimentsBlog.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MktgExperimentsBlog/~3/vIgQZF_3MZ4/consumer-marketing.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Consumer Marketing: All that stands between you and WalMart is a good story</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910427-309853027.png" alt="Consumer Marketing: All that stands between you and Walmart is a good story" width="115" height="250" /><br /> This insight came to me while conducting live optimization during our most recent Web clinic – Copywriting: How ordinary marketers are achieving 200% gains with a step-by-step framework. (If I use terms you’re not familiar with in this blog post, it will be helpful for you to watch that Web clinic replay&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on MarketingExperimentsBlog.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MktgExperimentsBlog/~3/vIgQZF_3MZ4/consumer-marketing.html" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On MarketingExperimentsBlog.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/129952560389682383.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="54" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Why Blogging Is Like Cooking Something New" name="B2CMarketingInsider.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/B2CMarketingInsider/~3/j30iGu1XlPI/why-blogging-is-like-cooking-something-new-049153" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Why Blogging Is Like Cooking Something New</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910506-1516210653.jpg" alt="Why Blogging Is Like Cooking Something New" width="400" height="300" />My friend Jim F suggested I write something about cooking a new recipe. As it happens, I recently tried a new recipe. See, one of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is to try to recreate some of my most favorite restaurant meals. After all, while I love eating out, it gets kind of pricey, especially if the food is good&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on B2CMarketingInsider.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/B2CMarketingInsider/~3/j30iGu1XlPI/why-blogging-is-like-cooking-something-new-049153" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On B2CMarketingInsider.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995221991317336583.png" alt="" width="125" height="62" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="The 5 Best Ever Business Models for Blogging" name="ImTips.co.uk" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imtips/~3/R5eXtKHYrI8/business-models-blogging.html" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>The 5 Best Ever Business Models for Blogging</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">I analyzed top individual bloggers (the one that I follow) and came up with list of best business models they use for their own blogs. Note that I am not talking about blogs promoting affiliate products or making money with advertising networks but those bloggers who have created product(s) to compliment blogging as a business&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ImTips.co.uk »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imtips/~3/R5eXtKHYrI8/business-models-blogging.html" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On ImTips.co.uk »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How I Made it onto Freshly Pressed 3 Times in 6 Months" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/jUSgEt_fxp4/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How I Made it onto Freshly Pressed 3 Times in 6 Months</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910531-1701593868.jpg" alt="How I Made it onto Freshly Pressed 3 Times in 6 Months" width="400" height="287" />This guest post is by Hassan Osman of TheCouchManager.com.<br /> Less than a month after I launched my blog, one of my posts got featured on Freshly Pressed—Wordpress.com’s homepage where each weekday, ten posts are selected from around 450,000 new blog posts.<br /> I didn’t even know what Freshly Pressed meant until I saw an email from one of the WordPress editors congratulating me on being featured&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/jUSgEt_fxp4/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Blogging Pitfalls: It’s Time to Kill the Popup (Again)" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/8XgknoCRRB8/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>Blogging Pitfalls: It’s Time to Kill the Popup (Again)</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910538-1845865958.jpg" alt="Blogging Pitfalls: It’s Time to Kill the Popup (Again)" width="280" height="210" />Popups: A single word that drives both fear and anger into the hearts of nearly all web surfers.<br /> The Web is filled with stories about embarrassing popups loading in the background, annoying, never ending popup loops and, more recently, overlays and other annoying tools that obstruct and restrict access to the desired content&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/8XgknoCRRB8/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How Using Opinion Polls Can Help Increase the Readership and Quality Of Your Blog" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/YyPOshRSiro/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How Using Opinion Polls Can Help Increase the Readership and Quality Of Your Blog</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910536-464796547.jpg" alt="How Using Opinion Polls Can Help Increase the Readership and Quality Of Your Blog" width="225" height="175" />Allowing people to contribute to your blog is a great way for you to establish that you are serious about what they think. There are a lot of different ways that you can allow people to contribute to your blog, and one of the best ways would be by using opinion polls.<br /> A lot of people would never even consider this option because they feel it has no value&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/YyPOshRSiro/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995208881552006287.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="52" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Legal Guides Every Blogger Should Read" name="BlogHerald.com" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/08/05/5-legal-guides-every-blogger-should-read/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>5 Legal Guides Every Blogger Should Read</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910408-426260288.jpg" alt="5 Legal Guides Every Blogger Should Read" width="240" height="157" />As we’ve discussed previously on this site, being a blogger can be very risky legally. With a slew of potential legal issues including copyright, defamation, trademark, privacy and much more, there are many ways a well-meaning blogger can find themselves being sued.<br /> To make matters worse, there’s a great deal of conflicting and confusing information on the Web and what good information there is, generally, is scattered across multiple pages and sites&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BlogHerald.com »" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/08/05/5-legal-guides-every-blogger-should-read/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On BlogHerald.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="3 New Ways to Market Your Blog" name="DailyBlogTips.com" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/3-new-ways-to-market-your-blog/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>3 New Ways to Market Your Blog</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Karl Staib.<br /> Marketing your blog and products is easier when you are like Daniel with a lot of leverage to pull people in to your blogs and sales pages, but not all of you have this much leverage. You need to find creative ways to get people interested in what you produce&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/3-new-ways-to-market-your-blog/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How to Make Getting Sidetracked Work for You as a Blogger" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/zesIM9td6eg/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>How to Make Getting Sidetracked Work for You as a Blogger</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910529-553596621.jpg" alt="How to Make Getting Sidetracked Work for You as a Blogger" width="300" height="198" />If you’re ever stuck for ideas to write about on your blog, here’s a little discipline that I’ve gotten myself into over the years that helps me a lot.<br /> It’s all about capturing those moments when you get sidetracked while writing blog posts.<br /> Make getting sidetracked work for you<br /> I doubt I’m the only one who gets sidetracked while writing&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/zesIM9td6eg/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /><h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Basic Writing Tips for Bloggers" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/08/writing-tips-for-bloggers/" rel="follow" target="_blank"></a>5 Basic Writing Tips for Bloggers</h2></div><div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1312910533-1054977967.jpg" alt="5 Basic Writing Tips for Bloggers" width="400" height="219" />This is a guest post by Patricia Garza from online university rankings. Bloggers devote a lot of their time to the business side of blogging. This makes sense, of course, as most of the business side helps them bring in an income. But that doesn’t mean that the writing aspect of blogging isn’t as important&#8230;</div><p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/08/writing-tips-for-bloggers/" rel="follow"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb_footer_text">Tell me what you think.  Do you blog?  If so, what is your business model?</div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blogging News &amp; Updates Jun 28th</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you either blog or have thought about starting a blog. Either way, you need to read the topic below &#8220;The Most Overrated Piece of Blogging Advice I’ve Ever Heard&#8221;. What a great headline! I enjoyed the read and I&#8217;m sure you will as well. What other little tips have you been told or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you either blog or have thought about starting a blog.  Either way, you need to read the topic below &#8220;The Most Overrated Piece of Blogging Advice I’ve Ever Heard&#8221;.
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What a great headline!
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I enjoyed the read and I&#8217;m sure you will as well.
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What other little tips have you been told or heard that are WAY over blown?
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<div class="bb_header_text"></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button on Your Blog?" rel="follow" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/2lF9emZ5iIQ/" target="_blank">Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button on Your Blog?</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content">This guest post is by Joseph of Blog Tweaks.<br /> Don’t worry, nearly every blogger knows the story. You’ve been writing for six months or more, but haven’t seen a significant increase in traffic.  Some of your posts have have been successful, but the majority have gone unnoticed.<br /> Quite frankly, you’re ready to quit&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/2lF9emZ5iIQ/"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997003461444093193.gif" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="The Most Overrated Piece of Blogging Advice I’ve Ever Heard" rel="follow" name="DailyBlogTips.com" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/the-most-overrated-piece-of-blogging-advice-ive-ever-heard/" target="_blank">The Most Overrated Piece of Blogging Advice I’ve Ever Heard</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Ali Luke. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.<br /> “Blog every day.”<br /> That’s what I was told, when I started out three years. It’s probably what you’ve heard too.<br /> And now, I think it’s massively overrated advice.<br /> Why?<br /> #1: You’re Wasting Your Time<br /> When you start out as a blogger, you have very little traffic&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on DailyBlogTips.com »" rel="follow" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/the-most-overrated-piece-of-blogging-advice-ive-ever-heard/"><strong>Continue Reading On DailyBlogTips.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="How I Virally Increase My Subscribers List With Facebook" rel="follow" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/06/list-building-with-facebook/" target="_blank">How I Virally Increase My Subscribers List With Facebook</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1309276216-1863264120.jpeg" alt="How I Virally Increase My Subscribers List With Facebook" width="400" height="272" />As you know, Facebook is one of the biggest sources of traffic for bloggers and internet marketers these days, of course not forgetting the Giant Google…One of the blog which I manage right now receives 100000+ (1,2,3,4,5 – count the zeros!) impressions every single month. And guess what? Of all this traffic, 55% traffic comes from Facebook and some 20-30% comes from other social networking sites&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" rel="follow" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/06/list-building-with-facebook/"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Secrets of a Wealthy Blogger" rel="follow" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/06/secrets-of-wealthy-blogger/" target="_blank">5 Secrets of a Wealthy Blogger</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Brandon Connell from BrandonConnell.comIf you are reading this post, it means that you are seriously curious about what I have to say, and want to find a few magic bullets to make money blogging. It’s good you are here then, because I am going to give you some gems to make your blog a huge success&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on SmartBloggerz.com »" rel="follow" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/06/secrets-of-wealthy-blogger/"><strong>Continue Reading On SmartBloggerz.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Reasons to Blog Anonymously (and 5 Reasons Not To)" rel="follow" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/NrIxGLra6YM/" target="_blank">5 Reasons to Blog Anonymously (and 5 Reasons Not To)</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1309276214-818768167.jpg" alt="5 Reasons to Blog Anonymously (and 5 Reasons Not To)" width="145" height="250" />This guest post is by Phil (not his real name) of somehighschoolblog.<br /> It used to be impossible to run a business anonymously. Sure, some authors could pull it off, but if you worked at an office, what were you supposed to do? Go to work with a bag over your head? But today anyone can accomplish this, because anyone can author a blog (and you thought I was going to tell you to work with a mask on, or something)&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on ProBlogger.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/NrIxGLra6YM/"><strong>Continue Reading On ProBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299700491135262377.png" alt="" width="125" height="19" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="7 Steps to an Email Opt-in Page That Works" rel="follow" name="CopyBlogger.com" href="http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/m5TLq7sr1OY/" target="_blank">7 Steps to an Email Opt-in Page That Works</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1309276235-35447419.png" alt="7 Steps to an Email Opt-in Page That Works" width="200" height="165" /><br /> Email marketing works.<br /> In fact, it’s still the best online method for converting prospects into customers or clients.<br /> A critical part of the process begins, however, before a single email is sent. You’ve got to get people on your list in the first place.<br /> This happens most effectively at a landing page specifically designed to convince the right people to sign up&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/m5TLq7sr1OY/"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Easy to Implement Ways to Make Money From Your Blog" rel="follow" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/j-Q1fd3Wg4o/" target="_blank">5 Easy to Implement Ways to Make Money From Your Blog</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1309276220-1007576644.jpg" alt="5 Easy to Implement Ways to Make Money From Your Blog" width="225" height="175" />Blogs make up a huge part of the internet world. Tons of people currently run blogs, whether they be for personal or professional reasons. A lot of businesses maintain blogs to keep their current and prospective consumers up to date on current operations within the business. Blogs are so versatile that many people have discovered ways to make money off simply writing and maintaining blogs&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/j-Q1fd3Wg4o/"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blogging News &#8211; Jun 14th &#8211; Guest Blogging</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogging is a great way to have a steady flow of content to your site/blog. In today&#8217;s update I have a number of topics on Guest Blogging. Do you have any guest bloggers on your blog? If so, how has that gone for you so far. Please drop your comments below about guest bloggers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Guest blogging is a great way to have a steady flow of content to your site/blog.  In today&#8217;s update I have a number of topics on Guest Blogging.
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<div class="bb_header_text"></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299700444208146915.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="45" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Best 3 Advanced Chrome Extensions To Manage a WordPress Blog" rel="follow" name="BlogSessive.com" href="http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tips/chrome-extensions-wordpress-blog/" target="_blank">Best 3 Advanced Chrome Extensions To Manage a WordPress Blog</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1308064829-1317177388.jpg" alt="Best 3 Advanced Chrome Extensions To Manage a WordPress Blog" width="200" height="140" />Have you read &#8220;How To Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer&#8221; yet?When it comes to choosing a web browser, Internet Explorer and Firefox tend to be two of the most popular. However, Google Chrome is now making its mark in the browser sector. Many people are enjoying the easy to navigate and simple Chrome features, though one problem has cropped up for bloggers&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BlogSessive.com »" rel="follow" href="http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tips/chrome-extensions-wordpress-blog/"><strong>Continue Reading On BlogSessive.com »</strong></a></p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Places to Get Ideas for Writing Articles and Blog Posts" rel="follow" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/bzCGhrjdbR0/" target="_blank">5 Places to Get Ideas for Writing Articles and Blog Posts</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1308064823-451880803.jpg" alt="5 Places to Get Ideas for Writing Articles and Blog Posts" width="225" height="175" />Writer’s block can happen to anyone.   It could happen to me right now as I write this post.   But there are several things you can do to get out of it and to come up with some captivating topics that your readers will enjoy.  And even if you don’t get writer’s block it can be difficult to know exactly what to write about next&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/bzCGhrjdbR0/"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997002141339938161.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="34" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Devil’s Advocate: Why Blogs Should Ditch Comments" rel="follow" name="BloggingPro.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/HLSy9vOmlVY/" target="_blank">Devil’s Advocate: Why Blogs Should Ditch Comments</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1308064820-660952120.jpg" alt="Devil’s Advocate: Why Blogs Should Ditch Comments" width="280" height="208" />Although I’m personally a fan of comment section (regardless of whether you power it with Facebook, Disqus or choose native comments instead), there are a number of prominent blogs who have disabled the comment section completely.<br /> Sites like Daring Fireball and Instapundit (not to mention millions of Tumblr blogs) refuse to open up their posts for readers to comment upon, choosing instead to allow readers to email responses to the writer&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on BloggingPro.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/HLSy9vOmlVY/"><strong>Continue Reading On BloggingPro.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12997001321284260824.png" alt="" width="125" height="35" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="6 Ways to Create High Quality Content in Less Than 15 Minutes" rel="follow" name="SmartBloggerz.com" href="http://www.smartbloggerz.com/2011/06/ways-to-create-high-quality-content/" target="_blank">6 Ways to Create High Quality Content in Less Than 15 Minutes</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content">This is a guest post by Sean Platt from GhostWriterDad.comAre you an efficient blogger?Even if you are, you could probably stand to improve.Blogging is fun, at least at first. 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Abrams and Charles Bukowski, a particular plot device has hooked us all more deeply than any other.<br /> It’s arguably the most powerful tool ever used to keep fiction, film, and poetic audiences impatient, twitchy, and breaking down the doors for more&#8230;</div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on CopyBlogger.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/feq743LU3fc/"><strong>Continue Reading On CopyBlogger.com »</strong></a></p></div><div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299526025178352957.png" alt="" width="125" height="41" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="When to Pull the Plug on Your Blog" rel="follow" name="PushingSocial.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/wgv8I7eAxds/when-to-the-pull-the-plug-on-your-blog" target="_blank">When to Pull the Plug on Your Blog</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1308064783-1460776188.jpg" alt="When to Pull the Plug on Your Blog" width="300" height="225" /></div> <p><a class="bb_readmore" title="Continue reading on PushingSocial.com »" rel="follow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PushingSocial/~3/wgv8I7eAxds/when-to-the-pull-the-plug-on-your-blog"><strong>Continue Reading On PushingSocial.com »</strong></a></p></div> <div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/12995208881552006287.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="52" /><br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="5 Tips For Stay At Home Bloggers" rel="follow" name="BlogHerald.com" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2011/06/06/5-tips-for-stay-at-home-bloggers/" target="_blank">5 Tips For Stay At Home Bloggers</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><img class="alignleft" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1308064735-817016142.jpg" alt="5 Tips For Stay At Home Bloggers" width="225" height="175" />One of the greatest aspects of blogging is the fact you can do it wherever you like.  With this type of freedom however, blogging may interrupt other activities we enjoy.<br /> By learning how to blog faster we can plan our schedule accordingly.  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<div class="bb-itemwrap"><div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://dotcomreport.com/wp-content/uploads/1299699312365723340.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="24" /><br /> <br /> <h2 class="bb_itemtitle"><a title="Writing for You, and Why it Works to Draw Others to Your Blog" rel="follow" name="ProBlogger.com" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/0vmv1n0lElc/" target="_blank">Writing for You, and Why it Works to Draw Others to Your Blog</a></h2></div> <div class="bb-post-content"><p>There’s one common thing about the four blogs that I run today—I started them all for myself.</p> <p>ProBlogger Blog Tips: When I started ProBlogger I was experimenting with the medium of blogging to make a living. 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